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Department of Pension and & Pensioners’ Welfare conducts Digital Life Certificate camp in Thrissur
Kochi, November 14, 2022
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners. The Face Authentication Technology was launched in by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State  of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. All the registered Pensioners Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries of Government of India and CGHS Centres had been directed to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for giving Life Certificate by organizing special camps for ‘Ease of Living’ of pensioners. In this episode, a central government team was in Thrissur from the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare led by the Under Secretary,ShriManoj Kumar. A one-day campaign for the pensioners of the Central Government was conducted on 14thNovember 2022 in Thrissur at five locations namely  JawaharBalbhavan, Chembukkavu  SBI Thrissur Main Branch  SBI Paramekkavu  SBI Civil Station Branch  SBI Round South Branch. Total 168 Pensioners have submitted the Life Certificate through Face Authentication in Thrissur today. Beside this, Central Government Pensioners’ Association, Thrissur have also helped approximate 100 Central Government Pensioners in submitting DLC.
The pensioners were guided by the Department officials on how to download the Face Authentication JeevanPramaan App in their mobile phones and give Life Certificate from their phones. The Life Certificate is generated within 60 seconds and a link sent on the mobile phone from where the same can be downloaded. This is a milestone leap into the Digital world taken by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Government of India. The Under Secretary, Shri Manoj Kumar explained that earlier to give Life Certificate in physical form the aged pensioners had to queue up for hours outside banks. Now, the same has been made possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their home.
In the process of submission of Life Certificate through Face Authentication by mobile, details regarding Aadhar Number, Mobile Number for OTP, PPO Number, Account Number with Bank/Post Office are required the first time. This facility is also available for State Government Employees and having Disbursing Authority as Treasury Office of the State.The event was also attended by representatives of banks, pensioners associations, Meity/NIC and UIDAI. The participation of these stakeholders was invaluable for the success of the campaign. The US  thanked all representatives for their efforts during the event.
The Central team required all Pensioners to visit Official YouTube channel of the Department: DOPPW_INDIA OFFICIAL where two videos have been uploaded explaining the process of submitting the Life Certificate through Face Authentication Technique in simple language. DLC figures from 01.10.22 till today are:Total DLC –47,66,735. Total DLC through Face Authentication - 2,62,686.Total DLC CGOV - 18,18,289. Total DLC of CGOV through Face Authentication –1,61,158